The "Update Frequency" setting changes the game's update rate. A higher setting will improve the smoothness of the progress bars, while a lower setting will help with stability issues or choppy game play.

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The "Achievement Popup" setting allows you to turn off the small text alert for new achievements. This can be useful at high levels when you may earn dozens of achievements in quick succession after retiring.

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The "Reduce Flicker" setting allows you to stop the fastest progress bars. Any progress bar that completes ~3 times per second or faster will be pinned at 100% if this setting is turned on.

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"Unlimited Mode" will take all achievements and technologies and group them by property. This allows you to gain as many achievements and technologies as you can afford. This also streamlines the purchase of technology by allowing a long press to "buy maximum." The downside of unlimited mode is that the multipliers are averaged out, so the excitement of waiting for the x25 at level 1000 is missing. For this reason, it is recommended to complete classic mode before turning on unlimited mode.

== Properties ==

== Properties ==

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If you have a lot of money to spend, you may want to toggle buy 10x on at the bottom of the screen. This button allows you to buy ten levels at once.

If you have a lot of money to spend, you may want to toggle buy 10x on at the bottom of the screen. This button allows you to buy ten levels at once.

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With even more money to spend, a long click will "buy maximum" levels and spend all your money on levels of this property. If the buy 10x button is selected, this will only occur in multiples of 10.

== CEOs ==

== CEOs ==

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Your CEOs will run the properties for you, even when the game is closed. Click the button to raise a CEO's level.

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Your [[CEOs]] will run the properties for you, even when the game is closed. Click the button to raise a CEO's level. Just like with the properties you can long click the button to "buy maximum."

The higher the level a CEO is, the less idle time a property will have between runs, however the CEO will never be perfect, so you can still manually click on properties to make them run faster.

The higher the level a CEO is, the less idle time a property will have between runs, however the CEO will never be perfect, so you can still manually click on properties to make them run faster.

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[[CEOs|More information]]

== Technology ==

== Technology ==

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Next, look into the technology tab. Here you will find upgrades that let you multiply the earnings from one or all properties, just click the button to buy. It is up to you to determine when a technology upgrade is a better choice than leveling further.

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Next, look into the [[Technology Levels]] tab. Here you will find upgrades that let you multiply the earnings from one or all properties, just click the button to buy. It is up to you to determine when a technology upgrade is a better choice than leveling further.

You can toggle between viewing new or purchased technologies with the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

You can toggle between viewing new or purchased technologies with the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

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== Achievements ==

== Achievements ==

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At certain milestone levels, your properties will automatically earn achievements to help you gain money. You can toggle between acquired and available achievements using the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

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At certain milestone levels, your properties will automatically earn [[Achievements]] to help you gain money. You can toggle between acquired and available achievements using the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

== Stats ==

== Stats ==

The stats tab will show information about your money earning rates for each property, as well as overall.

The stats tab will show information about your money earning rates for each property, as well as overall.

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== Specialists ==

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The [[Specialists]] tab has several new employees available later in the game. If you long click the level button for a specialist, it will "buy maximum."

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First is the [[Investment Advisor]]. After buying at least one level, click on the dropdown menu. This brings up a list of properties, after selecting a property the Investment Advisor will slowly buy levels of that property. [[Investment Advisor|More information.]]

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The [[Efficiency Manager]] will periodically give a small speed boost to one of the slower properties. After a level has been bought the list available to select from will contain the four slowest properties, and you may choose one of these to apply the bonus to until changed. [[Efficiency Manager|More information.]]

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The third specialist is the [[Consultant]]. Just like with the Investment Advisor, after buying at least one level, click on the dropdown menu. This list will not show any properties that have been used in the last eight hours. The Consultant will increase the money generation of a single property for one hour. [[Consultant|More information.]]

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Next in line is the [[Negotiator]]. Selecting a property is identical to the Investment Advisor. The Negotiator will dramatically lower the price of the property. [[Negotiator|More Information]]

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The [[Garbage Man]] available on this page is a real money purchase to remove ads. This is the only transaction we plan to add to the game.

== Retirement ==

== Retirement ==

Finally, if you feel like your clicking rate has slowed down too much, you can retire. This will reset the game as you hand your experience down to your protégé. On subsequent playthroughs, the properties will produce more money at equivalent levels, and more money means more experience to start all over again!

Finally, if you feel like your clicking rate has slowed down too much, you can retire. This will reset the game as you hand your experience down to your protégé. On subsequent playthroughs, the properties will produce more money at equivalent levels, and more money means more experience to start all over again!

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=== Backup/Restore ===

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At the bottom of this page, there is a backup and restore option.

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==== Backup ====

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When backing up, there are two options, copy to clipboard or save. The save option creates a backup on your device storage, then if anything goes wrong with the game's main save, you can switch to this backup using the restore option. The downside to this option is that it will be removed if the game is removed, and if something catastrophic happens to your game install, this backup may be deleted as well.

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The copy to clipboard option will allow you to transfer your game elsewhere for safe keeping. This will also allow you to transfer the game to a different device. Be very careful not to cut off any characters from this save file, or else the save will not work.

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==== Restore ====

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The restore page will automatically pull the save file from storage if there is one available. You may paste an externally copied save over this to pull in a copied to clipboard game. The game should detect a bad save before loading it, but please be careful to paste the entire data set.

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Latest revision as of 20:04, 27 April 2016

Welcome to Idle Oil Tycoon, this page contains basic instructions for the game.

The "Update Frequency" setting changes the game's update rate. A higher setting will improve the smoothness of the progress bars, while a lower setting will help with stability issues or choppy game play.

The "Achievement Popup" setting allows you to turn off the small text alert for new achievements. This can be useful at high levels when you may earn dozens of achievements in quick succession after retiring.

The "Reduce Flicker" setting allows you to stop the fastest progress bars. Any progress bar that completes ~3 times per second or faster will be pinned at 100% if this setting is turned on.

"Unlimited Mode" will take all achievements and technologies and group them by property. This allows you to gain as many achievements and technologies as you can afford. This also streamlines the purchase of technology by allowing a long press to "buy maximum." The downside of unlimited mode is that the multipliers are averaged out, so the excitement of waiting for the x25 at level 1000 is missing. For this reason, it is recommended to complete classic mode before turning on unlimited mode.

Properties

To play, first buy some Gas Royalties by clicking on the Level 0 button; then click on the Gas Royalties to earn money. Your current money is displayed near the top of the screen.

Once you have enough money, you can increase the level of your Gas Royalties, or buy new properties like the Oil Royalties. Continue clicking on the property to bring in more money!

If you have a lot of money to spend, you may want to toggle buy 10x on at the bottom of the screen. This button allows you to buy ten levels at once.

With even more money to spend, a long click will "buy maximum" levels and spend all your money on levels of this property. If the buy 10x button is selected, this will only occur in multiples of 10.

CEOs

Your CEOs will run the properties for you, even when the game is closed. Click the button to raise a CEO's level. Just like with the properties you can long click the button to "buy maximum."

The higher the level a CEO is, the less idle time a property will have between runs, however the CEO will never be perfect, so you can still manually click on properties to make them run faster.

Technology

Next, look into the Technology Levels tab. Here you will find upgrades that let you multiply the earnings from one or all properties, just click the button to buy. It is up to you to determine when a technology upgrade is a better choice than leveling further.

You can toggle between viewing new or purchased technologies with the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Achievements

At certain milestone levels, your properties will automatically earn Achievements to help you gain money. You can toggle between acquired and available achievements using the buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Stats

The stats tab will show information about your money earning rates for each property, as well as overall.

Specialists

The Specialists tab has several new employees available later in the game. If you long click the level button for a specialist, it will "buy maximum."

First is the Investment Advisor. After buying at least one level, click on the dropdown menu. This brings up a list of properties, after selecting a property the Investment Advisor will slowly buy levels of that property. More information.

The Efficiency Manager will periodically give a small speed boost to one of the slower properties. After a level has been bought the list available to select from will contain the four slowest properties, and you may choose one of these to apply the bonus to until changed. More information.

The third specialist is the Consultant. Just like with the Investment Advisor, after buying at least one level, click on the dropdown menu. This list will not show any properties that have been used in the last eight hours. The Consultant will increase the money generation of a single property for one hour. More information.

Next in line is the Negotiator. Selecting a property is identical to the Investment Advisor. The Negotiator will dramatically lower the price of the property. More Information

The Garbage Man available on this page is a real money purchase to remove ads. This is the only transaction we plan to add to the game.

Retirement

Finally, if you feel like your clicking rate has slowed down too much, you can retire. This will reset the game as you hand your experience down to your protégé. On subsequent playthroughs, the properties will produce more money at equivalent levels, and more money means more experience to start all over again!

Backup/Restore

At the bottom of this page, there is a backup and restore option.

Backup

When backing up, there are two options, copy to clipboard or save. The save option creates a backup on your device storage, then if anything goes wrong with the game's main save, you can switch to this backup using the restore option. The downside to this option is that it will be removed if the game is removed, and if something catastrophic happens to your game install, this backup may be deleted as well.

The copy to clipboard option will allow you to transfer your game elsewhere for safe keeping. This will also allow you to transfer the game to a different device. Be very careful not to cut off any characters from this save file, or else the save will not work.

Restore

The restore page will automatically pull the save file from storage if there is one available. You may paste an externally copied save over this to pull in a copied to clipboard game. The game should detect a bad save before loading it, but please be careful to paste the entire data set.